The leu opened at 4.4320/4.4350 per euro, slightly stronger from 4.4360/4.4370 at Tuesday close.
It later lost ground against the euro and was trading at 4.4415/4.4430 at 10:30 local time.
The central bank set the leu’s exchange rate at 4.4358 per euro Tuesday, about 0.3% weaker than 4.4232 per euro in the previous day.
On the money market Wednesday morning, overnight rates rose to 4.75-5.15% a year.